Ho Chi Minh City’s local government is planning to develop three eastern districts of the city into an “innovative urban area” that would resemble California’s Silicon Valley, local news outlet VnExpress International reported.

The 22,000-hectare area will see the integration of an existing hi-tech park in...

May 21, 2020 Singapore -- ( ASIA TODAY ) -- The Fair Tenancy Framework Industry Committee (FTFIC) has been formed to address the growing imbalance in the relationship between institutional landlords and tenants.

The committee was formed to propose the adoption of landlord-tenant legislation in Singapore to...

SINGAPORE, April 20, 2020 -- Global early-stage VC Antler has received over 1500 applications from 100 countries in barely two weeks since it launched its COVID-19 call to startups. Startups applied for funding with various solutions to tackle the current pandemic. Antler is currently shortlisting and...

Agribusiness is critical to economic development. In Asia and the Pacific, it can provide opportunities for women to find good jobs earning decent salaries. ADB partners with agribusiness companies like Hasfarm Holdings, Southeast Asia’s leading flower company, to open up new career paths for women.

SINGAPORE (5 March 2020) — Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa and Singapore Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Heng Swee Keat today officially opened ADB’s new office in Singapore, deepening efforts to collaborate on some of the most pressing development challenges facing Asia and...

SEOUL, South Korea -- Global investment firm KKR, Korea’s largest real estate fund manager IGIS Asset Management (“IGIS”), and leading Korean real estate developer SK D&D today announced their acquisition of Namsan Square, an office tower located in the central business district of Seoul, from a real estate...

Expanding Marsh with strong operations in Indonesia by combining the strength and expertise of Marsh and JLT together as one company.
The first time in Indonesia where two multinational insurance brokers merge since the establishment of Indonesia's Financial Services Authority (OJK) in 2011.

Booming Vietnam has become Southeast Asia’s top receiver of foreign direct investment (FDI), with ten consecutive years of increase in FDI to a record of more than $38 billion in 2019, up from the previous record figure of $35.4 billion on 2018.

The cloud computing and software services division of e-commerce giant Amazon, Amazon Web Services, will build a data infrastructure hub in Jakarta by the end of next year or in early 2022. It will be the biggest investment in Indonesia’s information and technology sector, the country’s industry minister Agus...

Strong external headwinds may set back policy efforts geared towards tackling development challenges

Bangkok, 22 January --( ASIA TODAY )-- Given persistently high trade tensions and policy uncertainty, the growth outlook of East and South Asia has weakened, according to the United Nations World Economic...

Japan will create the master plan to redevelop a former US naval base in Subic Bay in the northern Philippines, the country’s finance secretary Carlos Dominguez said after his meeting with Japanese foreign affairs minister Toshimitsu Motegi in Manila on January 9.

SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cooley is further expanding its global presence with the launch of an office in Singapore. It is the firm’s 16th location worldwide, following openings in Brussels and Hong Kong last year....

The Venture Capital firm hits hard cap of US$250 Million
The fund reached its hard cap after an initial target of $150 million
Plans to deploy US$325 Million for Southeast Asian startups combining active funds size, for both seed and growth stage

BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Allied Wallet Asia, an Asia-based division of Allied Wallet providing online payment processing, and Founder Andy Khawaja proudly announced the grand opening of a new Asian headquarters to serve the growing demand in Malaysia and Indonesia.